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Crook Comety
omumiaE
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
HOMESEEKERS COME
WITH A RUSH
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1909.
Transportation Facilities
Taxed to the Limit
' MUCH FREIGHT AND EXPRESS
En(Txl at the pctofflwat Prtrwllle.
Oni,n, mm KKuui-cla matter
Freight Teams Desert Prineville
Haul for More Profiubie
Railroad Consignment
The problem of transportation,
which linn alwnya Wu a perplexing
one for resident of this great rail
r i million expanse, bn proven Itm-lf
harder to solve during the past six
weeks than ever Mori and It seems
that Mora next summer ar riven, It
will m a hard matter to handle
some ol the different kind of bustm-as
of the transportation companies.
For the nt ten days It has lsvn
Impossible to run the automobiles
nil the war from Hlutnlko to I'rlw
vllle, and the ronda have lan muddy
tor tho rrluevllle-Mndrn run, al
though that ha txvu fairly regular
going fur the machines. A I in out
all the machines that have lieen In
the passenger-carrying business our-
lug Hie summer have Imn put on
the rrltievllle-Mndrns run.
trldny the Cornet Htage Htable
Company started slxly-flve passeu
kit on various coaches fur I'rliie
vlllu alone, twaldrs a few for other
point In the Interior.
Thelnllux of uomrseekers) I lieu v I
est liy far to lVlnevllle than any
other purt of the Interior, and al
moat the entire equipment of the
l ornett interest are taxed In no
commodiitlug the traveler. The
volume of travel, which uiuallv lav
Klim to decrease tn the first part of
isovemlier, has gradually IncreaMed
until It has multiplied to many times
the normal. The matin are almost
twice a heavy a hint fall, and the
express ImimIirhii In much greater.
Local merchant find It Impossible
to get freight, and only the perish
able good have Imm shipped -for the
past six week, All the team that
can be hired for reitular haul from
Hlmnlko to this city have been given
regular coutract employment by the
railroad cotiMtructlon people, and
the freighter nay that they can make
more than twice a much m
hauling to the line of construction
than on tne longer haul to thin place.
Hesldi-a the extreme scarcity of team
the large volume of supplies ordered
by the local merchant hnve tnvi.l
the warehoiiHcM at Hhanlko, tlaV
Moody people stating that there In
more freight stored In thctr ware
room thao ever before In ten year.
Merchant are offering 11.25 iter
hundred ui-lirtir. fur frs.l.rhf l.n..
t he iiHiinl price I T.'iorH.'i ceuts, and
una price i reiuwn, lor t!ie standard
price to the railway camp Ih 1.uo.
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT OF CROOK COUNTY FOR
YEARS 1909 AND 1908.
VOL. XIH-NO.50
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Summary of.'
1909 Assessment
County Aneiuior John D. La-
Follette hut week conlh-U'd the
Hiiniuiary of the nwinent for the
yearltwil. For the purpoiie of en
aiding our render to make com.
parlmina we 1ko nrtnent the num.
innry for l!XMti right hand column
of the table.
Tlielncreaao In the gnw 'valuation
of all projierty over mat year U from
f 7,U70,2M to 17,010.421, or f MO.lti;.
One of theinoMt notable IncrctiwH
I In the tnimlx-r of mile of telephone
line, which ha JumiMHl from 61 to
2(1.1 mile. !
Hi hive thin year are aHeHed for
the ttrnt time. There are 151 valued
atfKiO.
I.at year only three dog were on
the roll valued at' 150 each. Thhi
year there are 244, with a valuation
of 127!.
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C. 8. Holwon and wife left for
Prineville Monday, at which nhice
they Intend to make their home for a
time, Mr. Hobnoa has been reore-
aentlng B. 8. Cook & Co. of Portland.
ever alnce that flrm oiiened np a real.
estate ofllce at thla place and now
goea to Prineville to look after the
company' buMlnea at that place.
e are norry to loae Mr. and Mr.
Molmon and may their lot nlway
fall In plennant ptneea. Sliver Inke
Leader.
ERA OF PROGRESS
IS NOW DAWNING
Duncan Macleod Tells
About Resources
RAILROAD WORKS WONDERS
Enormous Tracts of Land Will
Be Brought Into Production
of Valuable Crops.
Railroad Laborer Killed.
Jonn Jx-gln, an Austrian rock
worker about 30 year old, wa killed
uu me narnman rallrond rlht of
way north of Madras huit Woin. .:
day by lielng cruhed under a falling
rock. One lanre rock HtrueU hi in
the bead and another about the !w
or a steel ran ire til on tii
cnmhlng the life out of him.
Legln was a sntjcontractor
station work and was an exoerlenced
COBl miner. He hnA been u-nrr.,.,1
about the loose rocks above falling,
nut kept saying that therockn wnnM
come down all right. They did come
aown an rigiit, but not exactly when
he expected them.
Other workmen saw the rock m art
and tried to warn Legin. hut heonlv
had time to raiw up when the falling
mass Btruck lilrn. The remains were
buried In the Madras cemeterv lat
Thursday afternoon.
Sheriff Elkins and Cnnntr rhni
clan Itosenlierg were called to Madras
affair and make
Grand Ik
ankssivinsf Sj
From now until November 28th, we inaugurate special prices for
Our Regular Thanksgiving Sale. In this sale we have tried to
include lines that willinterest every man, woman, and child in
this county, and quote prices that are worthy of your earnest
consideration. You will find scores of good things at our store
that we caiinot mention here for want of space.
More than 850.000 sere of arahl
land, thst will produce 30 bushels of
wheat to the acre, tributary to Madra:
2M.O0O acres la the Detcimte Irri.l
t'mn a p.... rt . . , '"'n(i(in: i uc auair anu make
uon & loser Company proiecU: ioDt.L.i..i .
thing over 100.000 sere, in other vro- 1, yj?
leel that h.v. h-n i V. l""J ""a maamg
wmesectionof Crook Couatv, .W T. L"' " " l.ure.to ToUxt
sfmth f MniV r k- u 'uuu tnat n'K't arise in the future,
south of Prineville for which no water ThIg , the fatft, M
has yet been thooehtDocBibleoxoanih. Lt.. . . . - . uiueui
. t .... i uc uturr 111)11 Wi
sleeping under the rimroekg and In
the night a large fragment fell down
and crushed him In his bed.
uchoco project, which ha not taken
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uuiKiuin lorin yei, unt lor which it is
said Crooked River will fnrnich water
when proper atorage reservoirs are con
tructed; 30,000 acres in the 8inaw
vree omirict ; several thousand acrea
in the Paulina Valley and adjacent
plateau district, 60 miles beyond Prine
ville, and a conaiderable trart nf mwi
farming land in the basin between the
wauray and raulina MounUin ranges, A party of twenty or more aorvevora
is Duncan MarlmTa mti.t. f .v.. I
- v v ut i,uc i ---wi sw cui cjiu tttuai irum me
possible farming district in Crook county (outlet of Snttle and Blue lakes on the
m)lirh tUa Maw II l , A., -.1 I . I . -
.. . ......cm iin; wum win matte ui me cascades toward the
inoutary to FoHland, aaya the Telegram, low lands to the east and south
. I li-l.:t- At. ...
Kuh tMMu Trtimctu " "lle lu promoters ol the enterprise
How much this atn?ret'ira -m ana ujelr nltlnlate purpose has never
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Irrigation Project
from Matoles Waters
PEOPLE COME BUT
FAIL TO SZE
Should Get Oct cf lis
Traveled Rut
ADVICE OF T. H. LAF0LLETT
Go Out and See the Real Cen
tral Oregon Get Out of
Town a Mfle or Two.
Table Linens.
Beautiful Bleached Damask, 56 inches wide, regular
75c values, at 55 cents per yard.
Heavy Bleached Damask, 64 inches wide, all very
handsome patterns at 60 cents per yard.
Medium weight Damask, 72 inches wide at 80 cents
per yard.
Medium weight pure Linen, 68 inches wide at 62 J
cents per vard.
Special Half Bleached 60 inches wide at 47 cents per
yard.
Fine Irish Linen in handsome patterns at $1.33 to
$1.50 per yard. .
Towels.
Regular 15 cent Huck Towels at 10 cents. "
Regular 50 cent Hemstitched Towels at 35 cents.
Regular 75 cent Hemstitched Towels at 54 cents.
Regular 60 cent Fringed Towels at 43 cents.
Regular 15 cent Bath Towels 10 cents.
Regular 25 cent Bath Towels 17 cents.
Regular 50 cent Bath Towels 374 cents.
Ladies Suits Reduced to $11.75, $17.50
and $19.50. Only a few that cost more.
Napkins. Latest Dress Skirts. Childrens Coats.
Regular f 1.00 per dozen at $ .75 Those priced 15.00, $6.00 and 16.50, Heavy Childrens Bearskin boats $2.25
" '-if , " J-35 during this sale at $4.25. Heavy Plueh, elegantly trimmed in
,. i 2 " " 3.15 Misses Dress Skirts priced at $5.00, braid $2.95.
5 00 " 3.85 now $3.45. , . Childrens Legging. Toques, Caps.
Bedding. Ladies Heavy Cotton Fleeced
We are showing mont excellent values in Woolen I T J
BlankeU--plaids, white, grays, and other colorp, special Underwear,
prices during this sale.
White Bed Spreads, showing special prices, $1.00 and D ,',, . n. .
upwards. We call your.special attention to those spreads. Royal Mllls pure whlte al 95 cent" Per BmL
Pillows of pure feathers, per pair $1.75 and upwards. Ladies Extra Heavy Fleeced at $1.35 per suit.
Ready made Pillow Slips and sheets. Kxtra ftt Bame price8i
Outing Flannels. Bargains for Ladies. Our Men clothing.
O 4-OU1Ca' Elegant 118.50 snlts at $18.00.
Regular 12J cent grade at 10 cents. All Ladies Waints Reduced. ItS rttww
Regular 15 cent grade at 124 cents. All Ladies Silk Tetticoats Reduced. Boy Knickerbocker Corduroy suits,
Heavy Dreab Flannels at 11 cents. All Ladies Suits Reduced good values at fS.M, during sale fll.iis.
Standard Prints 20 yards for $1.00. All Dress Goods Reduced. 'ftll
Apron Check Gingham 12 ynrds $1.00. All Ladies Sweaters Reduced. J!-VB Prtun W7n ?lt
Jioys Sheep Telt Collar Coats $3.45.
produce is a more difficult estimate.
All of the Agency Plains. Iiavatack mH
adjcent sections in what ia known as
me .Madras country, bavin? tm
characteristics as the Sherman County
wheat plateau, ia believed to be Rood
lor JO bushels an acre on the average
been announced tiie facts are self evl
dent, and the wisdom of the undertak
ing cannot be doubted as the tvrww
raphy of the country immediately eat
rounamg win atteet.
While Blue lake is one of the beauty
spots of this beautiful part of the Cas
cades, its attractiveness cannot be
without imitation. The irriirate,l lunrt rade8'. attractiveness cannot be
of the Bend distrlctwill do much better: .arredbyany proJect oi tW kind-
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in fact should average more than 40 , ;7 uo ",Ke' wmcn are
bushels. Any irrieable lanrl lth 8uPPhefl from the melting snows of Mt.
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average soil condition a nf QmnV o,,. ""e"'uBlou' now Ior instance of a
ia held Bood for 40 bushel, or .n half mUe 5040 the west end cf Snttle
acre. UDDer Paulina V.ll... .n,l . ",B- nulue LaKe nas an outlet
rAarlma tt lan.l o T): :ii.
pitHlucinu alfalfa, hay ar.,1 rain. Wh., " ward the Matoles, a distance of
is known . h fi. w j:.... Kffle seven miles.
on the west aide of the Deschntes, has , " 18 but 0"e scores of creeks
somethinir like ai.OOO acrea of land th.t fed. by blS 8Pnn8 tha go to make np
. Ih. n ofur. f . I, HT.t.l l .
vw m ii i iic uxfiuiirH. anil r.n
in
due
can be cultivated. Rcconlinc tn u
Macleod, and the private irrioration
company that is carrying out a project
here will soon have water on a large
percentage of the total. Tn Mia Tn main
district, aleo on the west side of the
Deschutes, a considerable tract nf irri.
gable land ia known. From all of these
regions the yield of wheat within the
next five to seven years will be vers
w ' J
neavy, running into tha millions nf
bushels. The aggregate aereaee is mnch
Groceries
Fresh Thanksgiving Groceries in Both "Diamond W" and "Royal
Club" Brands. Try Qur Seeded Raisins, Currants, Extracts, Sweet
and uui ttckles, Nuts and Candies. Prices Most Reasonable.
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diversion of its volume from that river
will never be missed.
The proposed project is to divert the
waters ol Lake Creek, bv the con.
struction of a canal twenty feet in width
and four feet in depth', and build th
canal in a southerly direction, turning
toward the east near Sisters, and latr
north, making the area that would be
placed under irrigation one that would
probably aggregate 5Q.0C0 acres.
greater than Umatilla's average wheat w these lands are too near the
areaofStiO.OOO acres, which has Dro- moon,n8 loT tenaer crops and not of
duced as high as 6,000.000 bushels in a ...g. chemlcal comPton for al-
single year. ,aUa' tAe? re very valuable for other
p , . . crops and the area when thus utiliied,
.i . n T will support a population of not less
'",,,u" wueas is Douna to than 5,000 homes. This is but one of
come to roriiana, if it finds an outside the many undertakings that will make
I lief wi.-AJ t . f 1 . I
JUo. ..ui .nmx an enenaea trip aucUve spots in the West
""""8" ie uismci. "All or it must
go into trade here. All of it will add to
the carrying facilities, the nsvroll. the
total vclume of business done both
ways. It is an eye-opener to notice how
rapidly people are settling the district.
Clothing Cleaned and Pressed.
Mrs. Elnora Barker will onen a Pan.
oriurn on Monday, November the 15th, in
the rooms back of the telonhnne
Tents and shacks are spreading out over hnt? xr8T , "r f the,Masonic
, , . .f . building. Men's clothing cleaned, pressed
the country in every direction. Before and repaiml. All kinds of sewing and
I became connected with the flrm of dressmaking dim. Wo.l.li'nnimn..,.. .
Thompson, Macleod & Neill, in this
city, I lived several years in Prinevill.
and was quite familiar with the district.
Upon my recent trio I waa amaxnd at
the change taking place in settlements.
liie lact that serious railroad con
struction waa under way did not be
come Known in time to bring in a nor
mal influx of setters to that country,
but they are coming anvhow. in larm
numbers, and next Spring and Summer
wia certainly see enormous additions to
Oregon's population in the Crook county
region.
New Era for Crook.
'One of the greatest additions that
win occur to Portland trade the coming
years will be from this source. While
the country ia superb for wheat, the
best that can be found in Oregon to-day,
it will grow other things in tremendous
quantities. I have seen vegetables
grown by dry-farming methods that
were as good as any that can be found in
the United States. The country is not
Known, it looked forbidding while so
isolated, but its day is at hand, and you
will hnd Crook county takinir on nonn
lation at a ranid pace. There will h
some good towns built up in that dis
trict. Which ones are to have the lead
are matters exciting keenest interest
throughout the country. That the
country will sustain one or more big
towns, possibly a city, mich as John F.
Stevens RUtrffHHtPll. ia annarnnf fn a
big business is ahead in handling its
wnem, uvestocK anu general larm pro
specialty.
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For Exchange First class
Diock ol lots
hotel with 1
in Inwn iMVW fntl..
equipped and furnished, 47 rooms.
amen at oU,U00.00, for a good wheat
ranch. OvnN nnl. A.l.lr..oe T os'i
Albany, Ore. ,
In conversation with T. II. I a-
follett the other day, that gentle,
man made a suggestion that la a
valuable one for the new comers tn
Central Oregon.
"When a homeseeker makes tha
trip Into Central Oregon, said Mr.
Lafollett. "thev come in over th
stage road from Shanlko, the dreari
est and most barren prosoect that
the entire region has to show. They
fail to see anything of the country
on this trip, and when they get to
Prineville they talk with the town
people aronnd the hotels and on the
streets and think they have trained a
good Idea of the country, but they
haven t.
What the newcomer ought to do
Is to go out In the country and see
the practical men who have accom.
pushed comethlng, who are raisins
the hay and grain and cattle and
sheep and talk with them and see
the products for themselves, then
they will get a fair Idea of what can
be done. It would only take a few
hours for a little trip np Ocboco to
the Henry Cram and Ed Slayon
ranches, where they could see 400 or
500 fine beef steers feeding for th
market, great stacks of alfalfa hay
and the fields In which It Is grown. ;
Or they might talk with J. N. Wll
liamson or other sheepmen about
the sheep business, go and see the
sheep and learn what can be done In
that line.
If they want to learn about grain
farming, let them eo Into the wheat
growing district, talk with the men "
who grow the wheat, see great gran
aries full of the grain waiting for
higher prices, then they would know
that the production of profitable
crops Is an actual fact. And the
same plan would apply to auy par-
tlcnlar line that the homeseeker has
most Interest In.
'Central Oregon Is a country do-
cullar to Itself. It doesn't look one
half as good as It really to. and the
country traversed by the stage line
from Shanlko falls utterly to irtyn a
man any true impression of the re
sources or of the real wealth of the
country." '
Mr. Lafollett has undoubtedly laid
his finger on a vital spot In regard
to the newcomer looking for a lo
cation. The writer knows from ex
perience that one does not begin to
fully realize the truth about this
region until he has lived in It for
several months and become ac
quainted with conditions. But
when he does begin to see thln&rs aa
thev reallv are. he wm th intra an in..
resources in so great a number and
climate so pleasant and healthful
that there seems no place so good to
settle down to take up the serious
business of life and the profitable
pursuix or any line ol business as
Central Oregon, which Is now on
the verge of great and rapid de
velopment. And that man who goes to the
trouble to come to Central Oregon to
see the country fails entirely to do
himself or the country Justice who
does not go out Into the different
parts of the country and see things
for himself, and perhaps by a failure
to do so Is passing up opportunities
that would mean a substantial bet
terment in his affairs.
You can't see Central Oregon from
the Shanlko stage road nor on the
streets of Prineville.
K fflLp The only Baking PowderST'.
V rx'f;;'i? made from Royal Grape X
fM Cream of Tartar
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